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    Timeline Showing The Major Events of The Anti - Slavery Movement in The British, French and Spanish Colonies. March, 25, 1807

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    The document outlines the major events of the anti-slavery movement in British, French, and Spanish colonies from 1807 to 1886. It shows that Britain abolished the slave trade in 1807 and slavery in 1833. France banned slave trading in 1817 but did not abolish slavery until 1848 without an apprenticeship period. Spain banned slave trading in 1820 but continued it in colonies, eventually abolishing slavery in 1886 after protests and wars for independence in colonies.

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    Timeline Showing The Major Events of The Anti - Slavery Movement in The British, French and Spanish Colonies. March, 25, 1807

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    The document outlines the major events of the anti-slavery movement in British, French, and Spanish colonies from 1807 to 1886. It shows that Britain abolished the slave trade in 1807 and slavery in 1833. France banned slave trading in 1817 but did not abolish slavery until 1848 without an apprenticeship period. Spain banned slave trading in 1820 but continued it in colonies, eventually abolishing slavery in 1886 after protests and wars for independence in colonies.

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    The document outlines the major events of the anti-slavery movement in British, French, and Spanish colonies from 1807 to 1886. It shows that Britain abolished the slave trade in 1807 and slavery in 1833. France banned slave trading in 1817 but did not abolish slavery until 1848 without an apprenticeship period. Spain banned slave trading in 1820 but continued it in colonies, eventually abolishing slavery in 1886 after protests and wars for independence in colonies.

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    Timeline Showing The Major Events of The Anti - Slavery Movement in The British, French and Spanish Colonies. March, 25, 1807

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    Timeline showing the major events of the anti – slavery movement in the

    British, French and Spanish Colonies.

    March, 25th, 1807


    The Trans – Atlantic Slave Trade was abolished in Britain and its colonies. The
    Society for the Abolition of Slave Trade peddled the arguments for the passing
    of the motion and it was passed with 41 votes for and 20 votes against.

    1811
    Slave Trading became a felony in Britain. The government had declared that the
    participation in slave trade is punishable by death.

    1815
    At the Congress of Vienna, British encouraged other European nations (France,
    Portugal, Spain and The Netherlands) to abolish Slave Trade as well.

    1817
    Britain and France signed a treaty (The Anglo – French Right of Search
    Agreement Treaty) where France agreed to abolish slavery from the year 1817.

    1817
    Britain and Spain signed a treaty where Spain agreed to abolish Slave Trade
    effective from 1820.

    1817
    France banned the trading of Slaves; however, this ban was not effective until
    the year 1826.

    1820
    Spain banned Slave Trade but it still continued in the colonies, despite the ban
    and despite the agreement that had been formed with Britain.

    1823
    The British Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery was
    formed.
    1823
    The West India Group made proposals for the Amelioration of Slavery;
    however, these proposals were not accepted by plantation owners.

    1827
    The British Society for the Abolition of Slavery was formed out of the former
    Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery.

    1833
    The Emancipation Act was passed in Britain. This act allowed for the total
    abolition of slavery in the British colonies to take place on August, 01, 1834.
    However, the believed that the slaves needed to be taught how to be free so they
    implemented a 6 – year period of apprenticeship which would follow suit, the
    emancipation.

    August, 01, 1834


    British abolished slavery in their colonies.

    August, 15, 1834


    La Societe Pour L’abolition de L’esclavage was formed by Victor Schoeler in
    France. This society put forward Amelioration Proposals towards Emancipation.

    1835
    Spain began to work to mitigate the continuation of the Slave Trade in their
    colonies.

    1836
    France passed a law that ensured the freedom of any Slave who sets foot in
    France.

    1837
    Slavery was abolished in Spain but not its territories.

    1838
    The French drafted an Emancipation Bill which was opposed The French West
    India Interest group.

    1840
    Spain freed all slaves who were traded after 1820
    1845
    Spain enacted the Law of Abolition and Representation for Slave Trade;
    however, the influx of slaves in the colonies continued.

    1847
    The French society issued a petition for immediate emancipation.

    April, 27, 1848


    Slavery was abolished in France and all its colonies. Additionally, there was no
    apprenticeship period since Schoeler rejected it.

    1848
    Spanish colonies protested against Spain and referred to Abolition as
    “propaganda”.

    1864
    The Spanish Abolitionist Society was formed

    1868
    Carlos Manuel de Cespedes and many other planters freed their slaves and
    declared war with Spain. This was the beginning for the Ten Year War for
    Independence.

    February, 11, 1878


    Treaty of Zanjon was signed between Spain and their Colonists and this ended
    the Ten Year War for Independence.

    1873
    Spain’s Overseas Territories Minister, Segismundo Moret, introduced Moret’s
    Slavery Act which included an apprenticeship system and set full abolition of
    Slavery for 1886

    1886
    Slavery was abolished in all Spanish Territories.

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